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Webster 1913 Edition
Tapetum
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Ta-pe′tum
,Noun.
[NL., from L.
tapete
a carpet, a tapestry.] (Anat.)
An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.
Definition 2024
tapetum
tapetum
Latin
Noun
tapetum
- genitive plural of tapes
References
- TAPETUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)